Chapter 470: Producing Wealth (Part 1)
The fifteenth day of the first lunar month passed smoothly, and Chang'an City was still as stable as before, and the big rock in Liu Yu's heart also fell.
However, Liu Liniang and her master Wuding have never appeared since the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. Liu Yu went to inquire with Wu You, and Wu You said he didn't know. This time, Liu Liniang helped Liu Yu to crack down on the terrorist attacks of the rebels in Chang'an City. Liu Yu always felt that he owed her something, especially after learning about the conversation between Liu Liniang and her master from Huo Bing.
It’s like a sense of mutual appreciation between two hostile people.
The situation in Chang'an City is stable, and people seem to have quickly forgotten that the emperor changed the matter. Under the high military pressure, soldiers patrolling on the streets can still be seen everywhere on the streets. Even if someone wants to cause trouble, they have to weigh their own weight. Some gentry families in Chang'an City are actually watching anxiously, especially those families that are closer to Su Yan, or those who once had disagree with Liu Yu. They are afraid that Liu Yu will undergo a major reshuffle before and after the new emperor ascends the throne.
But until the 18th day of the first lunar month, two days before the throne ceremony, there was still no movement in the palace.
The 18th day of the first lunar month is not the day of court discussion. The palace has been very quiet since the morning, and the slightly slight sunshine also has a little warmth of early spring. Liu Yu and Han Sheng were discussing disaster relief and fundraising in Yaqian Hall. Lu Chuer came to report anxiously, saying that a group of people were causing trouble at the door of the palace.
"Dare to cause trouble at the gate of the palace?" Liu Yu stood up and asked sternly, "Who dares to do such a rash?"
"No...I don't know. My subordinates also heard from others..."
Liu Yu sighed, knowing that it would be futile to ask Lu Chu'er again. Just as he was about to go out to check it out, the Imperial Army President Qu Zhu hurried over and brought the latest news in front of the palace gate.
"It's a group of Imperial College students. They just returned to school yesterday, so they came to sit down today and said yes..."
Because the words behind were a bit ruthless, Qu Zhu didn't dare to say it clearly, and Liu Yu was not a person who cared about these red tape. He said, "Tell me straight."
Qu Zhu then felt embarrassed: "These Imperial College students said that if the throne is wrong today, the country will be in chaos, and His Majesty will return the power..."
"cut!"
Liu Yu made a disdainful voice, which was also after the Spring Festival holiday, when the Taixue School just started, the group of students came out to make trouble. Originally, they made trouble for them. Liu Yu could have ignored them at all, but if they ignored them and made some bad news from these students, and the people would add more discussions, it would inevitably destroy the current stable environment.
"Let's go and have a look."
Liu Yu said he wanted to go to the palace gate with Qu Zhu. Han Sheng thought about it and was with Liu Yu. In fact, he also wanted to know how the students in the palace gate made a fuss.
When they arrived at the palace gate, Liu Yu found that there were quite a few students from the Imperial Academy, with nearly a hundred people, almost blocking the main entrance of the palace. Their petition was the same as Qu Zhu said, "Sit and invite", without extreme actions. He did not shout slogans, just sitting at the door without violence and non-cooperation. Without being driven away by the Imperial Guards, they were still indifferent. They sat on the cool ground one by one like statues in the winter. Only when they saw people coming out of the palace, Liu Wenyan, the leader of the "chaotic country", was the leader of Liu Wenyan, who was in charge, and they were once again in a hurry.
The calls for "returning power!" came one after another.
Because these are all Imperial College students who are powerless, and most of them are from aristocratic families and have noble identities. The Imperial Army cannot do anything about them. Even as the Imperial Army President Qu Zhu, he did not dare to take these second-generation officials and third-generation officials before Liu Yu officially authorized them.
Liu Yu came out with Qu Zhu. He originally wanted to persuade these students, but when he saw that these students were not in trouble, he felt a little annoyed. He did not expect that after launching a military coup, Chang'an City took the lead in competing with him. It turned out to be this group of students who had nothing to do after eating. Some of the people and families he was worried about were still as turtles.
"Boom them away!" Liu Yu ordered.
Qu Zhu felt a little embarrassed: "But..."
"If they refuse to leave, they will be beaten away. The palace is not a place where these students commit rash things!"
Han Sheng came over and said, "Brother Liu, it seems inappropriate to do this?"
"What's the right thing?" Liu Yu asked anxiously.
"These are just students who are ignorant. Maybe someone may be instructed by them. Maybe they might as well start with the people behind them."
Han Sheng reminded Liu Yu that Liu Yu had seen these students making trouble, but he just wanted to use the simplest way to solve the problem. After Han Sheng's reminder, Liu Yu immediately thought of the family behind these students.
"Then let these students stay here and invite their fathers and grandfathers to the palace! Oh, or their uncles..."
Liu Yu turned around and returned to the direction of Yaqian Palace, while Qu Zhu took the order out to summon the helmsman of the family behind these students to the palace to talk.
When Liu Yu and Han were promoted to the palace, the Tai Academy teachers who came to apologize in advance were listed at the door. When they learned that the students were making trouble, they could not stop them and there was no other way to apologize. Liu Yu ignored these teachers and went straight to Yaqian Hall to wait.
Half an hour later, the parents of the students outside arrived at the palace one after another. Because the main entrance was blocked, these officials entered the palace from Dongye Gate. Several large families in Chang'an City felt that the atmosphere was unusual. Those who were not concerned about themselves had long sent people to the palace to persuade their children to go back. Some families of the initiators also felt that they were not in the right way to send people to the palace gate. All of this was under the surveillance of the Imperial Guard.
Because there were many students gathered outside, there were also many officials from aristocratic families who were "invited" this time, and they couldn't stand it in the Yaqian Hall, so these people waited in the yard outside the Yaqian Hall. Liu Yu came out of the door, glanced at these people, said "Reflect on it carefully", and went back to the inner court for lunch. The people below looked at each other, neither daring to leave nor asking more, and just stood there, and couldn't even take the boy who was outside the palace gate back home.
Gradually, more and more ministers gathered in the palace. Officials of the Ministry of Rites came first, and then officials of the Ministry of Personnel. When these people outside the Yaqian Hall saw the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, they felt the seriousness of the situation. Perhaps Liu Yu wanted to use this student trouble to carry out an official cleansing. Until the afternoon, Liu Yu did not show up. Instead, Han Sheng, the right prime minister of the inner court, came alone, entered the Yaqian Hall first, and called the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel in.
Originally, the Yaqian Hall was the place where the emperor worked, but now the emperor was just a girl in his 28th year of age and did not sit in court. Now Liu Yu controlled everything, and Han Sheng and Liu Yu were "colluded". With the seriousness of these ministers, Han Sheng was not only the one who could not be provoked, but also accomplice who wanted to subvert the state affairs of Shun Dynasty. Now Han Sheng is equivalent to openly using the emperor's office space to work. This was disrespectful in the past, but no one dared to mention it in special times.
Not long after, a message came from Yaqian Hall, and people from the Ministry of Revenue were summoned to come in and talk.
Parents of students waiting outside began to wonder, that the discussion should be that the students were not making trouble, but maybe they were discussing something else. What should the students outside the door do? They had already learned from the time they entered the palace that the direction of the palace gate had been isolated by the imperial guards. Now, not only can the students enter the palace, nor can they go home, nor are they allowed to contact anyone. Does Liu Yu want to deal with these students with strict laws? Although in this society with strict ethics, it would be in accordance with the law if Liu Yu really did this, no ruling person dared to attack Confucian people, which was almost an embodiment of a "civilized and feudal society". It depends on whether Liu Yu dared to take the blame for the world.
The students at the entrance of the palace were excited at the beginning to gradually calm down and then uneasy. They had already felt that the court's reaction was a bit too "cold", so cold that they felt terrible. The feeling of being hung up and down was the most uncomfortable. Their fathers were also waiting outside the Yaqian Hall with their hearts on their hearts until the simple meeting in Yaqian Hall was completed, and the people from the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue left one after another, and the right Prime Minister Han Sheng walked out of the house with a stack of paper.
"Secret Han, what to do with it?" Someone who was familiar with Han Sheng couldn't help but go up and ask.
Han Sheng showed an unfathomable smile on his face, and he distributed the papers on his hands to the officials outside the Yaqian Hall one by one. They took the paper curiously and found that the one on his hands had several words and several numbers written on it. From hundreds to thousands, the officials held the note and didn't understand what it meant. Han Sheng didn't explain after he finished sending it, until Liu Yu yawned and stretched his waist.
"Everyone, do you see the words on your hands? Go back and prepare the corresponding amount of silver and bring it to the palace."
Only then did the officials realize that the paper in their hands was related to silver.
"Wuyihou, why do you... want to pay the bank?" An official immediately questioned. Liu Yu glanced at the official and must be from the Ministry of Rites. He didn't remember who he was, and his face was quite familiar.
"Why?" Liu Yu sneered, "I can't answer your question. If you want to ask, I have to ask all the young masters in the family! You dare to come to the palace gate to make trouble. Are you tired of your life? Now, you have to pay some money to 'reddie' people. Remember, this is a little lesson for you. I think it's okay to not pay the money. The young master of the noble family is waiting at the gate of the palace. How many days can you hold on to those who have no food or drink? Leave it to fate, and this marquis is also the most righteous!"
The officials stared at each other. Why did this cause trouble all the time? The money was raised. Once they paid, they had to pay hundreds, thousands or even thousands of taels. The officials looked at each other and realized that the amount of money they had to pay was different, and it was related to their power in Chang'an City and their ancestral property. Those big families paid more, while those small officials paid less.
There were a few people who wanted to cry for poverty, but when they saw Liu Yu's fierce face, they choked back. There was no way, so they had to go home and prepare money. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations, monthly votes, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile phone users please go to m. Read.)
Chapter completed!